Quote Originally Posted by Jarius View Post
Using Leach's overall record as some sort of measuring stick as if that record should be compared to what is normally considered acceptable is pretty disingenuous. A 10 game All SEC schedule where we had a brand new coach without a spring to install an offense that went from 3 yards and a cloud of dust to throwing it 60 times a game is just not normal circumstances. Not to mention the amount of players that we were playing with due to covid and having to kick off cancers that were babied under Moorhead. Yes, OM had a similar situation. They also had been recruiting to an air raid type system on offense for most of the decade prior to Kiffin arriving and they also won 1 more whopping game than we did and went to the Outback bowl in year 1. A team that was 1 game below .500 in the regular season made what is normally reserved for an 8/9 win team. That sliding scale should be applied to us as well when talking about records.
Agree. Anyone using the 2020 record without context reveals themself as stupid or biased. Leach may ultimately fail here, but that year just isn't relevant to any other year before or since then. I see people comparing his two-year record to Mullen's first two years or Joe's tenure here and it's astounding that anyone would think those are apples-to-apples.

Some people say "well, what about Kiffin or Pittman!?" Fine, I'll concede that Kiffin and Pittman are better coaches than Leach when you don't have spring practice and are implementing a new scheme against an all SEC schedule. Fortunately, that kind of year only happened once ever and doesn't speak to how every other year works.